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Yeah but by the same logic you could argue the following, yet you would be wrong: "I'm not sure San Francisco is the best place in North America for a startup.
by dotBen 16y ago
Yeah but by the same logic you could argue the following, yet you would be wrong:
"I'm not sure San Francisco is the best place in North America for a startup. Office and accommodation rent is amongst the highest in North America. And just about every other respect it's an insanely expensive place to live.
Unless your clientiele requires you to be in San Francisco you'd be better off elsewhere in the US if you want a decent runway."
- prodigal_erik 16y agoThere's a reason HP started in a garage in Palo Alto, not in San Francisco. The city is markedly more expensive yet draws on largely the same talent pool as the valley—there's no shortage of people who commute either direction (including me). I don't think the city makes sense for a startup unless you're planning to interact heavily with Big Media, and there it's hard to argue against a branch in New York instead.
- dotBen 16y agoThe City vs Silicon Valley is an on-going and frequent debate here on HN so I won't reopen it. However while you may not think it makes sense for a startup to be here in SF, so many of them are.
- zeemonkee 16y agoSure. But high cost of living means higher salaries for your developers too. I've turned down numerous jobs because they're London based (and won't do remote). It's just not worth the drop in income. And frankly, London isn't California. It's a grim place to live on low pay.